Retired NBA great Michael Jordan and his fellow owners of two NASCAR teams went to federal court Monday for a hearing in their antitrust fight against the stock car series over what they say is an unfair business model. 23XI Racing, which is owned by Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, and Front Row Motorsports, owned by restaurant entrepreneur Bob Jenkins, sued NASCAR and chairman Jim France in October after months of tense negotiations over NASCAR's charter system, which is essentially a franchise model that includes revenue sharing.
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NASCAR to investigate late-race Martinsville actions of multiple teams
NASCAR officials will look further into the on-track actions of multiple competitors Sunday night in the NASCAR Cup Series‘ Round of 8 finale at Martinsville Speedway. The No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet piloted by Ross Chastain, the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet driven by Austin Dillon and the No. 23 Toyota of 23XI Racing […]
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Blaney gets shot at back-to-back NASCAR titles after controversial finish at Martinsville Speedway
Ryan Blaney celebrated his victory at Martinsville Speedway, a win that launched NASCAR's defending champion into the title-deciding season finale. Meanwhile, Christopher Bell and William Byron waited awkwardly alongside their parked cars for a ruling from NASCAR on who would be the fourth and final driver in the winner-take-all decider at Phoenix Raceway. The issue was whether Bell had smashed into wall on the final lap and rode along it for momentum to give him the final pass he needed to move past Byron for the last spot in the championship.
In controversial finish, Blaney wins Martinsville; NASCAR gives Byron final Championship 4 spot over Bell
NASCAR: Ryan Blaney wins at Martinsville for the second straight year to earn a chance at the title
Byron makes Champ 4, Bell out after NASCAR issues safety penalty
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Two years after Ross Chastain made himself a viral star with the “Hail Melon,” the complexion of the NASCAR Cup Series’ Championship 4 field again came down to a fateful last-lap meeting with Martinsville Speedway’s outside retaining wall. Christopher Bell’s version Sunday night was more of a half-melon that forced a tiebreaker […]
Ryan Blaney surges to Champ 4 with repeat walk-off Martinsville win
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — He did it again. For the second straight year, defending series champion Ryan Blaney won the NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 elimination race at Martinsville Speedway to advance to the Championship 4. And as Blaney took the checkered flag to win Sunday’s Xfinity 500, Christopher Bell made a kamikaze move into […]